IAF to get fifth gen fighters only after 2019

[danger007]

The difference is India is signing contacts for the future and Pakistan and China are actually building fighter jets at a very fast pace.

JF-17 Block 1 (4 Gen) was first tested in 2003. In a few years, we improved to include DSI (Diverterless supersonic inlet), Pods (radar jamming), different kinds of weapons carrying (PL-5, Aim-9, C803 anti-shipping, SD-10 BVR, MR-1 anti Radiation, Ra'ad), data links with other fighter jets (F-16, Mirage, F-7) and with AWACS (Saab Eriye, ZDK-03). Lol about 50 have been produced

JF-17 Block 2 (4.5 Gen) which will come out later in 2012 will have greater use of composites, reduced RCS, improved avionics/data link, and an IFR Probe. over 100 will be produced

J-10A (4 Gen) has been produced since 1998. The inventory has been over 210.

J-10B (4.5 Gen) tested in 2008 with changes such as DSI intake, AESA radar, IRST, IFR Probe and new Chinese WS-10B Engine!

J-11 A, B, BS, BH. (4.5 Gen) Uptil now there are almost 200 of the first production

J-20 (5th Gen) tested in 2011. There have been 2 produced as of 2012.

Future for Pakistan:
JF-17 Block 2 production starts by end of 2012
F-16 Block 40/52 ...more purchase...
J-10B delivery to Pakistan by end of 2014
JF-17 Block 3 (5th Gen) production starts on 2015


By 2019 we will be ready!

you made my year(not day)...is jf-17 block2 -4.5 gen fighter.. fifth gen JF-17-block3...... may i know how many JF-17 delivered from china,as china promised 50 jf-17 on fast track................ alll hail to might ju fighter-17.......... and the rest J-10 derived from su-27's...... copied with extra gadget.... whats new in their...

 

[sancho]

The difference is India is signing contacts for the future and Pakistan and China are actually building fighter jets at a very fast pace.

True, except that JF 17 block 2 is just a minor upgrade and still remains to be in the 4th gen, Block 3 with AESA...puts it on par to J10B in the 4.5 gen and that JF 17 block 3 won't be 5th gen, but that is clear anyway and don't need to be discussed here.

However, Indian purchases has not a short term policy because we already have a capable base that will be just upgraded (Mirage 2000, Mig 29, Su 30) and half of the MKIs + LCA are still to be added in the next years, which is why the addition of MMRCA was not an immediate fighter replacement anymore, but had more and different requirements. India is already planning ahead and for the mid to long term, thats where FGFA, AURA and AMCA developments comes in and all these developments has already been started, fields where PAF has still some years to go till a new procurement may come out.
So PAF does has a faster pace currently and catching up, but not because they are faster in general, but because they have to. IAF instead can risk some delays (especially with PAF in mind, since the general focus switched to China and PLAAF long ago), but already has the future beyond 2020 in mind and that's a difference too!